Water Politics in the Middle East
Author: M. Dolatyar
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1999-09-21
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0230599877
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost studies of water scarcity in the Middle East conclude that there is a significant risk of imminent conflict, even warfare, between states in the region. This book demonstrates that the evidence does not support this doom-laden prediction. Indeed, the authors show that although water scarcity has occasionally played a role in disputes in the Middle East, it has much more often promoted co-existence between adversaries. The reasoning behind this hypothesis is that water is too critical to be put at risk by warfare.